National Basketball Association
The defending champion San Antonio Spurs will try to accomplish a franchise first – back-to-back National Basketball Association titles – in the 2007-08 season that starts on Tuesday. San Antonio swept to their third title in five years – and their fourth in nine years – with a four-game sweep over the Cleveland Cavaliers in last June’s finals. But in a remarkably successful span – with championships in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 – the Spurs have never been able to win consecutive titles. Essentially unchanged this season, the team led by superstar Tim Duncan and the ever-improving Tony Parker are nevertheless tabbed by their rivals as the team to beat. 
“They know how to do it and they know what it takes,” says Chicago coach Scott Skiles. Bodog Sportsbook